Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-11-05

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nubl;sh the following in your valued journal,
| knowing full we'll your desire to give voice
| 10 vour readers on any legitimate subject.
THE most heinous crime recently DIS
covered is independence In voling on county
affairs and local offices. A man may steal
sheen rob. murder, do anything in the
| broad world that is wicked and it can be
/ forgotten. but woe to the man who goes
| hack on the regular nomination OF his county
ticket. 1t is the objectionable sin.
The sanity caper in politics is to ''yoto Tor
the devil" rather than against the Tlng rule
Indeed, so strong has this assertion taken
| hold Of otherwise intelligent men: that tney
| wound rather 'tvote for the devil on their
own ticket that vote against the party behest
iustifying themselves with the solacing
| thought that the end justifes the meanss
ard that discipline can in no other way be
| preserved within partly lines. Maryland
! needs to adopt new motto-''L Less politics.
more business and unless there is change
| in this direction the farmers OF the State
| will be reduced to serfs and their property
confscated for taxes. Free Quill.
The article above, taken from weekly
paper of a neighboring county, is copied
| because the words are strong, true, brave
and should he brought to the eyes and minds
| Of every voter in our county just at this time.
| The Democrats Of the county have had put
before them for their suffrage ticket made
up in Baltimore by two or three men, with
| the contract OF a gentleman from HoWdrd
county, without regard or respect to the
will of the people as expressed at the
primaries; and still we are told that we live
under government, that:is' by the people"
for the people and Of the people.
| Now, ask, are you, as democr ITS
going to support such ticket? Loes it
repr sent democratic principles? Is ~
democratic ticket? Who are the men who
| a few years ago were in full fellowship with
the republicans, working hard against the
| regular democratic ticket and defeated it
| Here they are again before us almost to the
man. calling themselves this time regular
democrats, aud going through the form OF
nominating democratic ticket. Fusionists,
| a wear or two ago, calling themselves regular
| democrats to-day. What will they be two
years hence? ] will tell you, anything that
suits their purposes. Democratic voters of
Anne Arundel can you trust them?
What have they ever done for the county,
| Have our expenses ever been reduced, have
they not OH the other hand, been year by
We r regularly ircreased? In 1868 county
tax rate Soc: 1887 Sl00, and the county
to-day poorer and the people less able to
| paw In 1888 il there is new assessment
and the county expenses remain as now, the
| rate will have to be at least 81 so, as almost
all the property south of AnEapols is now
assessed at nearly double its value. And
| vet some of the leaders, will tell you. as they
have told me, that the rate could be made
GOc. Why is it not done? Have they during
this campaign made any promises Of reform
in any way in our county affairs? not once
and when approache personally in re-
guard to the matter. evade the question
and talk flu ntly about State and National
affairs and begin at once to wave the
Bloody Shirt" and tell us what terrible
things the republicans did during the oGr.
| When we ask for information we want it
of a later date thanthat. The time has
come for change. we cant 60 backwards
we must go forward, or as farmers I'VE,
will be reduced to serfs and orr property
confiscated for taxes.
| An Independent Democratic ticket has
| been placed before you, and we RESPECT
| fully ask YOU to vote it, We do this with
all honesty and with full faith in the be-
| lief that il will be of the greatest benefit
| to the democratic party of our county.
| We know full well that if our ticket is
not elected, the republican party will be,
but it is not our fault, the blame rests on
the shoulders of those who have put be
fore us the so.cllled regular democratic
ticket the fusionist of yore. Who knows
but that this very ticket may have been
made SO as to disgust a sufficient number
| Of democratic voters, and thereby cause
4 split in the party and throw the county
| into the hands of their former allies. the
republicans? | do not say this is the case
| but who knows, can you trust them?
| IL such was the scheme fellt w-vote-s s,
the gentlemen have builded better perhaps
than they hoped, for If success in this
| liue is what they have worked for, they
have succeeded. The party is torn asun
| der, and no one knows what the 9Th of
November will bring forth.
/ But with the prospect staring us in the
| face of the county thrown into the hands
| of the republicans, be- this fusion element,
! still the county is TO be congratulated that
the Republican ticket, as whole, is com
posed of men who have ability aud capac
1 ity and are the peers of any in the county.
/ A straightout republican We know, but
| FuSioniSt who and what is he? A few
personal remarks and / will close Some
of the gentlemen who have been stump
1 ing our county for the would be demo-
cratic ticket have accused me of being a
republican of an intention Of voting the
| ticket. of working for the election of the
republican ticket, &c, all of which deny
and brand tie statements as false, anu as
sert without fear or contradiction, that IN
| a better democrat to day than my accusers
| for | have never been a Fusionist and
| they have been and are at heart to day,
and would be again in act, OF it would
serve their purposes SO to be, or at least
least try to be, but doubt if the republi. |
leans, will ever again fuse with them. And
in conclusion allow me to say, Don't go
around hoasting that you will vote the
ticket straight" it is mark of ignorance
and cowardice to do so: men who are
placed upon ticket by dishonWable and
high-handed means should be rebuked at
the polls. Respec fully.
p. III. ISRAEL,
! 44l15ft DayidSonyille. A A. Co.